The 7-year-old protocol was criticized by Russian officials for having done nothing to limit greenhouse-gas emissions into the atmosphere.

Ukraine and Belarus said they also might void the pact, making the protocol a victim of a rare former-Soviet triple threat. Even the Poles have fared better than the protocol. Perhaps what’s missing is some good, old KGB-style enforcement.

Which tugs us back to the question.

Fans of “Star Trek” will recall that in 1991, movie-goers were introduced to the Khitomer Accords, a galactic deal intended to bring peace to the Federation and the Klingon Empire.

We know that the Khitomer Accords were later amended and expanded to include a ban on subspace weapons and that the Kyoto Protocols have had all the staying power of an extra in a “Star Trek” landing party.

So Cheap Seats has to ask: Which agreement intended to address a fictional problem was more grounded in reality, Kyoto or Khitomer?

The answer is, well, fascinating.

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